Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 276
faces the north. We may consider the body of thecave as a square of about ninety-one feet each way. It issupported by six rows of columns, six in each row, exceptat the corners and where the uniformity is broken on thewest side to make room for the shrine, or Sacellum, whichoccupies a space equal… … THE ROCK CARVINGS OF ELEPHANTA 205 the principal feature of the capital. Imitations of woodenbeams over the pillars run across the cave. It is a matter of some difficulty to fix the age of this tem-ple and the only record that could have helped us to its so-lution has long been lost.…
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